And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is up, the Santa hats are out and the first doors on our advent calendars are open.

I love this time of year. It is my favourite. And it’s one of the few times still full of magic even as an adult. I’m going to be soaking up every minute of joy the next few weeks bring and I hope December is full of moments of joy for you too.

Happy December! 🎄
AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell and there’s so much to entertain the whole family whilst you do your Christmas shopping! 

Visit The Lexicon Glow Room for a magical light experience that will dazzle you with 20,000 LEDs. It feels like the room goes on forever! Then, take a dip in the Light Pool, a magical ball pool with golden balls to be found and prizes to be won!

If that wasn’t all, have a photo in the giant Christmas bauble ‘sparkling selfie station’ and follow the Twinkle Trail, spotting baubles in shop windows to collect the clues and enter to win fabulous prizes this Christmas. Plus, share your sparkling selfie station pictures, tagging #thelexiconbracknell or email them to marketing@thelexiconbracknell.com and you will automatically be entered in a competition for the chance to win a restaurant gift card too. 

There are also special performances from local choirs, bands and singers and even the chance to meet Bluey, Hey Duggee and Chase from Paw Patrol! You can be sure that a trip to The Lexicon will have something for everyone over the festive season this year. We loved our visit to The Lexicon last weekend and know we’ll be back again before Christmas!

Find out more on @thelexiconbracknell website.

#TheLexiconBracknell #Merry&Bright
AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! We had our first Glow Marwell experience tonight - and we loved it. It may even be the best light trail we have been to.

We spent well over two hours at @marwellzoo, enjoying the light installations, indulging in the food stalls and cafe, toasting marshmallows and even meeting Father Christmas! 

Glow Marwell was such a nice way to kick off the festive season - and it’s on all the way through December! If you’re looking for a really nice festive activity the whole family can enjoy, this could definitely be it!
AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparent AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparents this year? @famileo_uk is a wonderful gift, giving the recipient a personalised gazette of family news regularly throughout the year - and it costs from just £5.99 a month. 

Multiple family members can use the same subscription, all posting messages to be added to one gazette - and sharing the cost of the subscription too! It’s great for parents, siblings and children to all share their news with grandparents each week, fortnight or month. 

We’ve been sending my dad Family gazettes for a while now and he absolutely loves them. It means we tell him all the little things that are happening and not just the big news you remember to mention in phone calls. The children get to upload their own messages to their grandad and it’s definitely made them feel closer, building a stronger relationship despite living far apart.

Find out more about Family over on the blog - link in bio - and buy a subscription for your nearest and dearest this Christmas. It’s a gift they will definitely love to receive.
Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing the Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing these updates every week but I like having somewhere to put all these photos!

They’re now three months old, super loving and happy, making biscuits and purring constantly.

They stay in ‘their’ room overnight but explore the house during the day, getting more confident as time passes. They even got to the point of relaxing on the sofa with us last night.

Fred & George are now very much part of our family and I can’t imagine them not being there now - even at 7am when they’re miaowing at the door for breakfast!
AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your kids will love? Claim your FREE Banjo Robinson activity pack today!
 
Reading for pleasure is a key indicator of a child’s future success, but if your child doesn’t love to read, what can you do? We know it’s not always easy keeping kids entertained and away from screens, so we’ve partnered with the award-winning @banjorobinson to gift you a FREE activity pack, worth £9.99.

Here’s a little look at the Banjo Robinson subscription - Troy loves it! Travelling to world with Banjo is so much fun! You can read our full review over on the blog and claim your free activity pack too - link in profile.
A whole week of Fred & George. We weren’t meant A whole week of Fred & George.

We weren’t meant to get more cats just yet but sometimes the universe sends you things when you don’t expect them.

These little guys needed a home and a family to love them. And we had a home and a lot of love to give. We still miss Leia but this pair are definitely helping make me feel whole again.

They are both used to us now, and love us. They’re less nervous, give us cuddles and let us pick them up. They’re still living in our spare room but starting to explore the rest of the house under supervision. 

They play fight constant. Love toys, especially a crinkly feather thing on a string attached to a stick, and love being up high. They are an awesome pair and we are so glad to have them.

Thank you @millbrook_rspca @rspca_official for trusting us with ‘Lonestar and Starfish’. We could not love them more. 

#catsofinstagram #catstagram #catsofig #catsofinsta #catlovers #adoptdontshop #rspcarescuecat #kittensofinstagram #kittens_of_instagram
[AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing abo [AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing about our half term break at @pottersresort and it’s over on the blog if you want to go have a read.

I wanted to put some of my favourite photos on the grid too as the kids did so many fun activities - they had THE best time. 

Giant swing, segways, climbing, archery, laser clays… there was so much to do that we couldn’t fit it all in - we need another trip!
And there ends our October half term - well, apart And there ends our October half term - well, apart from Troy who has a bonus week off!

This half term has been pretty lovely. Troy had his school residential the first weekend and then we had a really lovely few days in Norfolk before heading home and picking up two new members of our family - Fred and George. 11 week old rescue kittens who have pretty much stolen our hearts.

It’s been so nice to have a chunk of quality time with this pair and now I’m looking forward to the Christmas holidays. These two are the best company and I really do live for the school holidays. 

How has your half term been?
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Collaborative posts, Days Out, Days Out and Attractions/Events, Reviews · August 6, 2020

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails | AD

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At the weekend we went on our very own, real life adventure thanks to Treasure Trails. They offer fantastic trail packs for so many places across the country and we decided to do the Aldershot Military Driving Trail, a Spy Mission Treasure Trail that would take us around the interesting and historic parts of Aldershot.

Treasure Trails come as a downloadable pdf or a printed pack that is posted to you. They cost just £9.99 – plus postage if you have the physical version – and they are something you can go and do instantly. You don’t need to book a time slot or wait for a guide to be available. They are a completely self guided puzzle. A fun way of exploring somewhere new, getting outside and having fun.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

Although our trail was billed as a driving trail it was a good mix of walking and driving, with planned places to stop off and no long car journeys either. We were only ever in the car for a couple of minutes at a time or outside in the sunshine exploring. Most Treasure Trails are outdoor walking tours but there are a few that involve driving or exploring things indoors like castles.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

Our pack explained our spy mission challenge – to save the Wellington Memorial in Aldershot from being blown up! We had to work our way through 18 clues to find the answers to crack the code and save the day. We were all pretty invested in our mission from the start and it was so easy to get sucked in! We did have to explain to Little Man that it wasn’t real, there wasn’t a bomb and it was all make believe and fun.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

We started our group mission outside Aldershot Military Museum – and sadly we did our trail when the museum wasn’t open so have promised LP and Little Man that we’ll go back another day. For the trail we didn’t need to go in the museum and instead could just spot a few things outside before driving to our next location.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

The trail took us on a walk through a country park, along the canal and past churches we’d only ever driven past previously. One of the churches that was the basis for our third clue had us stumped – it had scaffold around it so we couldn’t find what we were looking for to answer the questions.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

Thankfully, Treasure Trails have a text system where you can ask your spy HQ for help and they give you three hints if you need them. HQ saved the day and we could carry on with our trail.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

We went to Aldershot Military Cemetery and saw amazing views before walking around a park in the town centre and visiting another local church and park beside it. Each clue needed us to find something and write answers in boxes on the trail pack – numbers, letters, words or even to do a sum of numbers we’d found.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

Towards the end of our trail we had some driving directions to follow that took us past historic buildings – the place where Winston Churchill learnt to ride, the Palais Ballroom building where the Beatles played their first southern concert and other places that we had never heard of before and yet had driven past so often!

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

Dave and I both commented how Treasure Trails has inspired us to explore places right on our doorstep, go to places we would never think to visit and learn so much in the process. It was great fun for the whole family and we know we’ll be doing more Treasure Trails in the future.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

Our trail finished at the Wellington Memorial on Round Hill, just outside of Aldershot Town Centre. We got to climb the hill and solve the final clues – with Little Man double checking with us that there wasn’t really a bomb!

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

We absolutely loved Treasure Trails. We had so much fun and were so absorbed in the story that it really felt like we were on a secret mission. The best thing about Treasure Trails is that it’s such great value.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

For just £9.99 you can take yourself off on an adventure in so many places across the country and you can have the trail printed off and in your hand, ready to go instantly, perfect if you decide to go on and adventure at the last minute. There’s no cost per person, just the flat £9.99 fee, and as many people can participate as you like – great if you have a big family.

I thought Treasure Trails was such a bargain for the quality family day out we had together. We were out for over three hours, walked miles and felt so accomplished when we completed our mission.

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails

And that’s not all. When your mission is complete you can put your final code into the Treasure Trails website and if the code is correct you get entered into a prize draw to win £100. There are also certificates and activities to print off as a reward for the children. It’s safe to say that LP and Little Man loved the experience – as did Dave and I.

You can find all the Treasure Trails over on their website so why not take a look and organise your next adventure?

Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails
Going on an Adventure with Treasure Trails | AD

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